Transmission-gearing.



F. H. JDNES.

TRANSMISSION GBABING.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 1113.3, 1910.

991,318. Patented May 2,1911.

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F. H. JONES..

TRANSMISSION GEARING'.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 3, 1910.

Patented May 2, 1911.

3 SHEBTS-SHEBT 2 I'. H. JONES.

TRANSMISSION GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. a, 1910.

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FRANK H. JONES, 0F MUNCIE, INDIANA,

ASSIGNOR TO WARNER GEAR COMPANY,

0F MUNCIE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION 0F INDIANA.

TRANSMISSION-GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1911.

Application filed February 3, 1910. Serial No. 541,781.

TQ all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK II. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Transmission-Gearing, of which 'the following is a specification.

In automobiles driven by intern'afl combustion 'engines it is necessary to provide, between the engine and the driving Wheels, a clutch and a speed-varying transmission gearing bymeans of which a driving connection between the motor andthe driving wheels'may be readily established and disestablished, and by means of which the speed relation between the motor and driving wheels may be varied. IVherc the speed varying gearing is of the sliding gear or selective gear type, as distinguished from thel planetary gear type, the clutch is practically requiredto'be of a friction type and consequently a lubricant needs to be sup plied to the clutch. The gearing needs also to be lubricated but the lubricant which is best adapted for use with the gearing is very far from the best lubricant for the, clutch. It is also desirable that the clutch l and the gearing be as intimately associated as possible and that both structures be, if possible, arranged with dust excluding protective casings.

The object of my present invention is therefore, to produce a neat, compact and ellicient structure embodying both the speed- Varying transmission gearing and the clutch mechanism and of such character that the clutch mechanism and speed-varying gearing mabe independently provided with proper ubricants.

A further object of my invention is to rovide means for controlling the gear shifting members in such manner as to prevent improper intermeshing of the gears.

A further object of my invention is to provide such improvement in details of construction as shall be hereinafter pointed out.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as embodied in a structure of a sliding'gear type.

Flgure 1 1s an axial section on line 1 1 of Fig. 2; 2 a plan with the cover of the protective casing removed; Fig. 3 an elevation of the transmitting end ofthe struc ture; Fig. 4 an elevation of the receiving end; Fig. 5 a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1; Fig. G a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 a section on line7 7 of Fig. 8; Fig. 8 a section on line 8 8 of Fig. 9; Fig. 9 a sec tion on line 9 9 of Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 a section on line 10 10 of Fig. 8.

In the drawings, 1() indicates an inclosing protective casing having end Walls 11 and Maud an intermediate partition [El which thus divides the casing into the gearing chamber l-ei and a clutch chamber 15. It is convenient to make all of the parts above mentioned integral except the end wall 12, which, for reasons which will appear, is bet terformed as a removable member held in plaeeby bolts 16. Access is had to the chamber 1a through an opening 17 in the upper side of the casing such opening be ing preferably substantially the full size of the chamber. Access is had to chamber 15 through an opening 18 which need not be the full size of the chamber. The two openings 17 and 18 are closed by a suitable closure or closures preferably a single cover plate 19 held in place by removable nuts or bolts 21. In order to afford ready introduction of lubricant into the chambers 14 and 15 I provide removable plugs 22 and 23 respectively which are threaded into suitable openings formed throu h the cover plate 19. In order that eithero these plugs may be readily removed even in the absence of special tools, I provide each of said plugs with a polygonal outer head 24 shaped to receive an ordinary monkey Wrench, and alsor formed in each of said heads a diametr-cal slot 25 in which may be placed any bar for use as a lever. y

Formed through head 11 is an opening 31 within which is mounted a bearing cup -32 having a portion fitting opening Bland also having a flange 33 adapted to seat on the outer face of wall 11, bolts 34 being rovided to firmly hold the cup in p ace. Formed in that portion of the cup which lies Within WallA 11, is a pocket 35 adapted to receive the outer race of a ball bearing 3G, the inner race of said bearing receiving a shaft 37. Formed in the outer end of cup pocket 38 adapted to re- 39 and a gland 41. The shaft 37, whlch projects beis squared or otherwise suitreceive a connection vwith a 32 is a threaded ceive a packin outer end 42 o yond land 41, ably ormed to driven member.

The intermediate portion 43 of shaft 37 is .given a suitable polygonal form so as to receive, lfor rotation therewith, sliding gears 44 and 45 which, in the form shown in the drawings, are adapted to be independently shifted by shifting yokes 46 and 47 respectively. The inner end of shaft 37 is reduced so as to receive the inner raceof a ball bearing 48 the outer race of which is nested within the gear and clutch 49. Formed in the axis of the gear and clutch 49 is a ball pocket 51 in which is mounted a ball 52 against which the inner end of shaft 37 a nts, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Formed through partition 13, in alinement with opening 31, is an opening 52 in which is mounted a bearing cup 53, preferably having a -shaped cross section so that one arm of the will engage the partition while the other arm will serve as a seat for the outer race of a ball bearing 54. The inner race of bearing 54 receives a shaft 55 which is in alinement with shaft 37 and which may very conveniently be formed integrally with the clutch and gear 49. Seated 'upon cu 53 is a packing cup 56 which surrounds s aft 55 and is held in place by the bolts 57 which also hold the cup 53 in place. Cup 56 'is adapted to receive a packing 58 which will surround shaft 55 and prevent the flow of lubricant from chamber 15 into chamber 14 or from cham-ber 14 into chamber 15, the packing being held in place by a suitable gland 59. Shaft 55 is connected to a friction clutch 61 of a desired type.

Formed. through wall 11 below opening' is an opening 62 in which is mounted a carries four gears 66, 67, 68 and 69, the purpose of which will appear, the gear 66 being somewhat less in diameter than the diameter of hole 62. At its inner end shaft is supported by the inner race ofa ball bearing 70 the outer race of which is received in apocket 71 formed in partition 13, said pocket however having no communication with chamber 15. Formed in the side wall of chamber 15, to one side of shaft 65,-is a pocket 72 and proected into the axis of this pocket 4is a stud 3 upon which is journaled a reversing gear 74, said gear being in continuous mesh with gear 66 and being so arranged .that gear 44, when shifted in one direction (to the left in Fig.'1) will come into mesh with the gear 74. Gear 67 lies a distance from gear 66 equal to a little more than the width of gear 44 and is of asize, to permit gear 44 to mesh therewith when shifted in one direction (to the right in Fig. 1). Gear 68 is adapted to receive gear 45 which is provided with internal clutch teeth formed to receive the adjacent ends of the teeth of the clutch and gear 49, the gear teeth of which are constantly in mesh with gear 69.

It will be noticed that the structure here shown is very com act and must be disassembled and assem led in a certain order. Referrin to Fig. 1 a disassemblage of the parts wil 'be accomplished as follows: Ca 19 is removed and the bolts 34 withdrawn. Thereupon cup 32, bearing 36 and shaft 37 may be withdrawn outwardly away from the gears 44 and 45 and said gears may be withdrawn through opening 17. Bolts 16 may then be withdrawn and the entire clutch mechanism including the clutch and gear 49, withdrawn with cover 12, the' clutch and gear-49 passing through which is just large enough to permit such movement. Stud 73 may be then withdrawn so as to permit the removal of gear shown as of a form capable of inclosin a' driven shaft connected to' end 4 2 of shaft 37. In order to shift. gears 44 and 45 either direction from their neutral positions shown in Fig. 1, and at the same time prevent any possibility of improper movement of said gears so as to cause locking of the train, I provide the following mechanism. Formed through `one side of wall of 4chamber 14 is an opening 82 in which is mounted a bearing sleeve 83 having a circumferential flange 84. Journaled in the bearing sleeve 83 is-a rock shaft 85 which carries a shifting arm-86 at its inner end. The upperend of the shifting arm 86 lies in a notch 87 of a xed bar 88 mounted in chamber 14. Arranged alongside of bar 88 are vtwo rods 89 and 91. Slidabl and slidably mounted on rod 91 is the yoke 46. Yoke 46 is provided with a pair of fingers 93 which lie alongside bar 88 and between which the up er end'of arm 86 may be projected. Simi arly, yoke 47 is provided with a pair which the upperend the position of the yoke 47, I provide a spring pressed ylatch y mounted on rod 89 is the yoke 47 of fingers 94 between of arm 86 may be projected. In order to serve as an indication of.

adapted to seat in notches formed in rod 91, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7,

In order to normally keep the upper end of arm 86 in the notch 87 I provide a sprino cup 101 which is sleeved over shaft 85 an` is provided with a bearing 104. Cup 101 is adapted to tit upon flange 84 so that a single set of bolts 103 will serve to hold both the cup and the bearing 83 in place. Extending transversely through sleeve 101 are two cross bars 104, 104 against the opposite sides of which are arranged two washers 105, 105 which are held normally against the cross bars 104 by springs 106 and 107, Extending through shaft 85 between the two washers 105, and in the plane of the cross bars 104, is a pin 108 adapted to engage either one of said washers and move the same against the action of its spring. By this arrangement it will be seen that shaft 85 will be normal] held in the neutral axial position shown in ig. 8 but it maybe readily shifted either to the right or left so as to shift the upper end of lever 86 out of the notch 87 and in between either fingers 93 or 94 so that, by a movement of said arm in either direction, by an oscillation of shaft 85, the yokes 46 and 47 may be independently shifted so as to shift the gears 44 and 45. In order to prevent a movement of either of said yokes when the other has been shifted from its normal position -I mount, in bar 88, a transversely shifting locking pin 111 having rounded ends adapted to fit in pockets 112 or 113 formed in the okes 46 and 47 respectively, the pin 111 ing of such length that either of said yokes is free to move, but when so moved, the locking pin will be projected into the pocket of the other yoke so as to prevent movement thereof, in a well known manner.

I claim as my invention:

1. A speed-varying powertransmission gearingcomprising a main casing divided by an intermediate partition into non-conn municating oil-retaining chambers, a shaft passing through said partition, alubricanttight packing surrounding said shaft to prevent passage of lubricant from one chamber into the other, a friction clutch mounted in one of said chambers and connected to said shaft, and speed-varying transmission gear ing mounted in the other of said chambers and connected to said shaft.

2. A power-transmitting speed-varying gear comprising a main casing, speed-varying transmission gearing mounted in said casing and comprising two independently slidable gears, a rock-shaft journaled in said casing, a shifting arm carried by the inner end of said rock-shaft, a stationary bar mounted in the casing and having a transverse notch in which the inner end of the shifting lever normally lies, a pair of guide casing, a bearing sleeve secured to said casing and supporting said shaft, a spring cup surrounding said shaft and engaging said bearing sleeve, two oppositely acting compression springs mounted in said spring cup, two washers mounted in said sprin cup between the ends of said springs, a utments carried by the spring cup for limiting the movement of said washers toward each other, an abutment carried by the oscillating shaft betweenand engaging the said two washers, a shifting arm carried by the inner end of said rocks'haft, a bar mounted in the casing and having a transverse notch in which the inner end of the shifting lever normally lies, and a pair of shifting yokes arranged upon opposite sides of said shifting lever and each provided with a notch formed to receive the inner end of the shifting lever.

4. A power-transmitting speed-varying gearing comprisin a main casing, speedvarying transmission gearing mounted in said casing and comprlsing two independently slidable gears, a rock-shaft journaled in said casing, a shift-i arm carried by the inner end of said rock-s aft, a bar mounted in the casing and having a transverse notch in which the inner end of the shifting lever normally lies, a pair of shifting yokes arranged upon opposite sides of said shifting lever and each provided with a notch formed to receive the inner end of the shifting lever, a pair of springs acting in opposite directions longitudinal of the ,rock shaft, and a projection carried by said rock shaft and lying between the springs whereby the springs normally serve to kee the end of the shifting lever in the notch 1n said bar.

5l A power-transmitting speed-varying gearing comprising a main casing,'speed varying transmission gearing mounted in said casing and comprising two independently slidable gears, two shiftin members each connected to one of said sli able gears, a rock shaft journaled in the casing on an axis substantially at right angles to the line of movement of said shifting members, a t

lever carried by said rock shaft and ada ted to be carried by an axial movement o the rock shaft into an en the other of said shiftlng members, a spring gement with one or case Secured to the main casing and surmy hand and sealv at Muncie, Indiana, this rounding the rock shaft, a pau' of compression springs mounted in said sprn case, and a. projection carried by the roc 5 shaft between said compression springs for the pur set forth.

In wltness whereof, I, have hereunto set twenty-rst da of January, A. D. one thousand nine hun red and ten. FRANK H. JONES. [1.. s.] Witnesses:

C. E. DAVIS, W. H. CHURCH. 

